Jared Lane K. Maeda, PhD, MPH

Subscribers migrated to Affordable Care Act—compliant plans with modestly higher costs, but had higher levels of insurance coverage and stronger consumer protections.

Greater geographic variation was found among private than public payers in the inpatient price per discharge for most hospital services.

This study empirically examines whether market competition is a potential driver of hospital performance on the key evidence-based Joint Commission heart-failure quality indicators.